Primary

Monday

17th Jun 2024

What works (and what doesn’t) when teaching reading comprehension?
New research is exploring what teachers really need to be able to help pupils improve their skills at understanding texts. Megan Dixon takes a look
Woman lantern book

Sunday

9th Jun 2024

How classroom stories can help to heal trauma
The healing power of storytelling for mental health is well established, writes author and teacher Catherine Bruton – so let’s bring it back to classrooms
Classroom stories

Monday

20th May 2024

How daisy chains can boost spoken language skills
With new research linking fine motor skills and language ability, perhaps some old-fashioned learning activities should make a comeback, writes Megan Dixon
child with flowers daisy

Sunday

28th Apr 2024

Sats: How to use arrays to develop multiplicative understanding
Formal methods aren’t always best for multiplication, writes Laura Tyler, but these primary maths approaches can teach helpful alternatives
Multiply abstract mirror
How stand-up comedy classes gave a new insight into learning and teaching
The president of Scotland’s national body for primary school leaders explains how honing her comedy craft has ‘breathed new life’ into how she views the work of a school
Stand up comedy

Sunday

14th Apr 2024

Arsenal’s Leah Williamson: Give girls the ‘choice’ to play football
Schools need to be far more active in offering girls the chance to participate in the sport, says the England Women’s captain
Leah Williamson

Thursday

11th Apr 2024

School reading corners: do they actually help?
Is all the work that teachers put into creating a fancy ‘book nook’ worth it in terms of encouraging more children to read and, ultimately, improving literacy? Christina Quaine finds out

Monday

8th Apr 2024

8 ways to make a success of whole-class reading
Research tells us there are numerous benefits to whole-class reading comprehension lessons – so how can you make the most of them?

Tuesday

19th Mar 2024

How to build a behaviour policy based on kindness
When children returned after lockdown, teachers at Emily Gazzard’s primary school noticed some seemed to have forgotten how to be kind. Their answer was to put kindness at the heart of school policies
Kindess behaviour

Thursday

14th Mar 2024

How to teach place value, from EYFS to KS2 Sats
Success in Sats starts in the early years, says primary maths specialist Ravi Mohindru, who shares a path for progression in teaching the key topic of place value
Number 5

Tuesday

5th Mar 2024

6 AI tools to speed up your lesson planning
From graphic design platforms to interactive history apps, here are six artificial intelligence-powered teaching and learning tools that you may not have heard of
Ai lesson plan

Monday

4th Mar 2024

Spelling is hard - so how do we make it easier?
What can teachers do to help pupils learn words that are often misspelt? Megan Dixon rounds up some research-backed strategies for teaching spelling
Spelling mistake